Reviewing Random Films For Fun

March 2, 2015

The War Game #MovieReview

Film 135 in the “1001 Films to See Before You Die” is 1965’s “The War Game”. This short documentary looks at nuclear war in the United Kingdom. This was made by the BBC for their show “The Wednesday Play” anthology series, however it caused dismay within the BBC and in government, and was withdrawn before the provisional screening date of Thursday 7 October 1965. It would eventually air on 31 July 1985 on the BBC, during the week before the fortieth anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing. Not gonna lie, this was very tough to watch at points. You literally see people being burnt alive in a fire storm. Children going blind from nuclear radiation. And you spend a good five to ten minutes looking at burnt and/or dead bodies. I can’t really say much more than that unfortunately however I recommend giving this a watch especially if you are someone, like myself, who doesn’t know a whole lot about life during World War II. It’s only 46 minutes long and I managed to find it on Dailymotion. If you have seen this film then let me know what you thought of it in the comments. Here is what I had to say while watching 1965’s “The War Game”

Film – The War Game

Year – 1965

Director – Peter Watkins

Written by – Peter Watkins

Staring – Michael Aspel, Peter Graham, Kathy Staff

IMDb Rating – 8.1/10

My Rating – 8/10

Length – 46 min

Genre – Drama, Sci-Fi, War

Reading – With narration

Here’s a map of Britain

“London Friday 16th September”

Time to see the life of a policeman making his way to a government meeting

We must protect the Lake District… and Slough

They have to evacuate 60,000 women, children and blind people – No men!

Looks like these people aren’t home – LET’S BREAK IN!

You can tell this is make in England as someone just said “bloody hell”